Posts filtered on Tag

Tag: mexican border

In a Spanish-language interview with CNN Español, Rep. Pete Gallego of Alpine said the majority of Americans would rather focus on finding guns and drugs in cargo by adding officers at ports of entry rather than increasing the size of the border patrol. …

“Where else would these kids go? Again, they’ve been brought here as a minor in many instances having no idea what was going on, knowing no other place than America as home,” Cantor said. The bill could attract Republican support because it does not propose a pathway to citizenship for all of the 11 million undocumented immigrants currently residing in the U.S. …

The Texas Republicans include former House Judiciary Committee chairman Lamar Smith of San Antonio and eight lawmakers whose districts extend into the Houston area — Ted Poe of Humble, John Culberson of Houston, Kevin Brady of The Woodlands, Michael McCaul of Austin, Randy Weber of Friendswood, Bill Flores of Bryan, Pete Olson of Sugar Land and Blake Farenthold of Corpus Christi. …

“It doesn’t make any sense, especially in a post 9/11 world, that we don’t know who is coming into this country. We don’t know their background, we don’t know their criminal history, and that doesn’t make any sense at all,” said Sen. Ted Cruz when speaking at an event hosted by the Black American Leadership Alliance. …

This week, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid threatens to change the cloture process for executive branch nominations via a simple majority — a maneuver called the nuclear option. Just the threat prompted Republican Leader Mitch McConnell to declare Reid the worst Senate leader in history. Rules changes or not, it is hard to see how the two leaders or their caucuses will cooperate in the near future. …

Members of the Texas-based Evangelical Immigration Table will flood the Capitol on July 24 to pressure the House to pass effective commonsense immigration reform. Over 170 evangelical leaders and more than 25,000 so-called “prayer partners” have signed onto the group’s 92-day “Pray for Reform” campaign. …

The report – published by the President’s National Economic Council, Domestic Policy Council, Office of Management and Budget and the Council of Economic Advisers – cites the results of the Congressional Budget Office study released last month that found immigrants would generate a $197-billion surplus for the federal budget in the decade following the implementation of the bill’s provisions. …